About the Author

Joe Tsujimoto graduated (with honors) from City College of New York and the University of Hawai'i and taught at Taconic Prison in New York. He published a national award-winning book on creative writing strategies for students, Teaching Poetry Writing to Adolescents, as well as the teacher text Lighting Fires: How the Passionate Teacher Engages Adolescent Writers. He has been keynote speaker at educational conferences and has read his work around the country; he is currently a teacher at Punahou School in Honolulu.

Reviews

"Gritty and heartfelt.... Its narrative tells many fascinating stories, and, in the end, leaves the reader wanting more." - Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love"